Grants awarded
Who does Schlessman Foundation INC fund?
Schlessman Foundation INC has awarded $32 million across 722 grants to 221 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $6,000 and $15,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $10,000 versus $8,500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$32.2M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
221
Grants
722
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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$3.2M | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
The Colorado College
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$2.3M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$2.3M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$2.0M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation
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$2.0M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
Denver Zoological Foundation INC
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$1.6M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Denver Art Museum INC
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$1.2M | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CO | |
Kids First Health Care
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$1.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $1.0M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Warren Village INC
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$945K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Roundup River Ranch
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$677K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $667K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
University of Denver
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$625K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Denver Scholarship Foundation
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$500K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| T The Butterfly Pavilion | $500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Kids in Need of Dentistry
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$430K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| D Denver Museum of Nature & Science | $420K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Denver Botanic Gardens INC
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$415K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Denver Lions Foundation
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$408K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CO | |
| G Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity | $395K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| Y YMCA of Metropolitan Denver | $350K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $342K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Fdn Porter Hospice | $333K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $315K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross | $315K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $310K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Iliff School of Theology | $310K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$290K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Scottish Rite Foundation of Colorado | $160K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Sun Valley Kitchen and Community Center | $148K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Women's Bean Project | $144K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $130K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Colorado Museum of Natural History DBA Denver Museum of Nature & Scienc | $126K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Metro Caring
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$110K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| U United Scottish Rite Unity Mutual Benefit Assn | $107K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $102K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $94K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $92K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $85K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking
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$85K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Mile High Ministries
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$85K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Adams County Emergency Food Bank
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$80K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| W Whiz Kids INC | $80K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| T The Gathering Place | $78K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$78K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$75K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| L Listen Foundation INC | $75K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Second Wind Fund INC
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$73K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Mountain Resource Center INC
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$73K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| G Girls INC of Metropolitan Denver | $72K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Reading Partners
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$72K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$66K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| L Lutheran Medical Center Foundation | $65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $65K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Delores Project | $65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Raise the Future
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$63K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Earthlinks INC
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$60K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
National Jewish Health
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$60K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| T Teaching Peace DBA Longmont Community Justice Partnership | $60K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $59K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Anchor Center for Blind Children | $57K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Environmental Learning for Kids
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$57K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$55K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| C Children's Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus | $55K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$54K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $54K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists | $52K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Blind Institute of Technology
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$51K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| P Porter Hospice Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Lighthouse Writers Workshop INC
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$50K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Celebrate Edu
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$48K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$48K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Laradon Hall Society for Exceptional Children and Adults
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$48K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$47K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$46K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $45K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$45K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Integrated Family Community Services
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$45K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
The Denver Street School
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$44K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$44K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Mile High 360
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$42K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$42K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$41K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| Y Young Americans Center for Financial Education | $41K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| L Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains | $40K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Clothes to Kids of Denver INC
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$40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Whiz Kids Tutoring INC
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$40K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CO | |
| D Dental Lifeline Network - Colorado | $40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Archway Housing & Services INC | $40K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| D Denver Children's Advocacy Center | $39K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$38K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Safehouse Denver INC
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$38K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Project Angel Heart
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$38K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO |
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